European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 4, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 c the stars and stripes sunday August 4, 1991 Cyprus leaders split on talks sunday August 4, 1991 Cyprus disputed Island 25ntites 25 pm Turkle la tto Ltd territory Mediterranean sea Europe Asia Nicosia Cyprus a the Leader of the greek cypriots has welcomed an announcement by president Bush to hold greek turkish talks in september about the War divided Island. A this is a very significant development a president George Vassiliou the greek cypriot Leader said saturday after a three hour meeting with the National Council a policy making group of political party leaders. But turkish cypriot Leader Rauf Denktash speaking on the other Side of the  a Green line splitting the Island and its capital expressed doubts that the conference could be staged that soon. Both Vassiliou and Denktash who is president of the North Cyprus state that Only Turkey recognizes stressed that Progress toward a settlement could result from Only a change of policy by the other Side. Bush said in Washington on Friday that greek president Konstantine i Tsitakis and turkish president Turgut Ozal had agreed to discuss the future of the Island at a meeting in Washington in september. Maggie Pearson a state department spokeswoman in Washington said the United states hoped that the two presi. Dents of greek and turkish speaking Cyprus would also take part. Reaction in Athens Greece was positive. Government spokesman Vyron poly doras told a news conference a Greece expresses its satisfaction Over the  he said Greece hoped Turkey would a contribute substantially towards a  but in Ankara Turkey foreign minister safa Giray said a guarantee that Turkey would have some Power on the Island was an essential condition for peace talks. He said Turkey also would insist on political Equality for the islands turkish and greek communities in any Federal system. Cyprus which has been variously greek byzantine turkish and British since the sixth Century b.c., gained Independence from Britain in 1960, and under its Constitution the turkish and greek communities were supposed to share Power. But the arrangement broke Down and . Troops were deployed. Turkey invaded Cyprus in 1974 after a Short lived coup by greek cypriots wanted the Island to unite with Greece. Who30,000 turkish troops control the Northern third of Cyprus and 10,000 greek cypriot soldiers backed by 2,500 greek troops control the rest of the Island. A 2,151-member . Force patrols the a Green line dividing the  lawmakers agree to cease fire order Zagreb Yugoslavia a Croatia a parliament on saturday approved a Federal order to end hostilities in the breakaway Republic but refused to accept an ally of the serbs As head of a commission to Monitor a truce. The vote came even though Croatia a own representative on the Federal presidency an eight member group had voted against the order for an a immediate and absolute cease fire in ethnic violence that has killed scores since Croatia declared Independence from Yugoslavia on june 25. Stipe Mesic said the truce plan was a bid to deter outside peace efforts and criticized the Federal presidency for failing a to name the aggressor which is  but hours later croatian president Franjo Tadjman said a we do accept the cease fire As such. But what we do not accept is one part of this decision a to appoint a Man Friendly to serbs to oversee it. The contradictory stands mirrored the mounting political confusion As the croatian leadership comes under pressure for its inability to Stop armed serbs encroaching on its territory. The croatian parliament approved the cease fire Only As one of 15 Points in a package that concentrated on denouncing Serbia and the army. Armed serbs Are pushing far into ethnically mixed croatian territory. On Friday at least 80 croatian Security Force members were said to have died in the the flood swollen Danube River rises Over the streets and into the buildings of Mau Hausen Austria.7 die from Rains in Central Europe Vienna Austria apr sheets of torrential rain continued to lash Austria and Germany on saturday killing four people flooding Rivers and causing multiple traffic accidents. Downpours unleashing virtual Walls of water have swept across Central and Eastern Europe in the past week claiming scores of lives in Romania where a dam burst. Storms hit Austria and Germany on Friday killing at least three. Another four were reported dead saturday. A 7-year-old girl drowned late Friday when she fell into a River near Johann Skirchen a Village in Bavaria Germany. A Motorist died when his car rammed a tree uprooted by floodwaters near the Southern bavarian City of Passau. Bodies of two men swept into the Schwarze ois River near the Central austrian town of a Stetten were found saturday morning police reported. Several people were injured saturday in multiple traffic accidents on washed out highways in Austria and floods closed roads across the country. Fire Crews worked around the clock pumping water out of flooded cellars and setting out sandbags As Rivers burst their Banks in Bavaria and neighbouring austrian provinces. In Salzburg which was declared a disaster area Friday local officials said a whole years average rainfall had drenched the town in the past two Days. It was the heaviest rainfall in the picturesque City since 1959, the Austria press Agency reported. Bloodiest clash to Date. A this is an unprovoked aggression a dirty imposed War a the parliament said of serb attacks. A this aggression is organized by the Republic of Serbia and parts of the army  the hostility toward Serbia spilled Over into rejection of Branko Kostic a montenegrin and ally of Serbia a communist leadership As head of a commission intended to supervise the Federal truce. Tadjman said Kostic is unacceptable because he has appeared to  armed serb rebellion. The serb encroachment has put increasing pressure on Tadjman lauded just weeks ago As the hero of croats bid for Independence. World patrols added after Sharks spotted on italian Riviera Rome a port authorities have stepped up patrols on the italian Riviera after several vacationers reported Sharks approaching their boats near the coast an official said saturday. An official at the Genoa port authority said his office had sent five motorboats to cruise the Waters around Santa Margherita Ligure and Quot other posh resort towns nearby. In addition the coast guard was flying Over the area regularly in a helicopter and police had contributed three ships to help with patrols the official said speaking on condition of anonymity. The sightings began Early last week when a tourist reported that a shark bit her windsurf Craft. Authorities confirmed the Marks were those of a shark. A no one has been injured in any of the cases which have caused alarm along parts of the packed  in France warned Marseille France a police on saturday warned women driving alone in Southern France to be wary of attacks by a group of men believed to have committed about 20 rapes in the past two months. Police said the attacks had been directed against women driving unaccompanied on secondary roads near Marseille and Aix in Provence. In most cases a pair of masked men armed with knives have accosted a woman stopped by a Roadside taken her to an isolated site and raped her. Police said four men were believed to be involved in the attacks but generally operated in  can t find ufos Helsinki Finland a soldiers radiation experts and divers spent three Days scraping a Lake Bottom in search of an unidentified flying object. They gave up Friday after digging up a Stone and a log. The search started monday when a teen age girl vacationing with her family near the Lake said she heard a whining Jet Type sound and saw an object plunge into the water